What rules for Canadian pickup towing utility trailer in US?

Commutator wrote:
shum02, I'm familiar with the reciprocity on drivers licenses. That's no problem. My truck is in fact commercial though due to its weight. Look at section 16 of the Act if you want to read the definition. It kicks in at 4500kg.

Ontario rules have changed recently. I researched them carefully for me since a number of my friends were pulled over and fined. So my 15yr old approach of "ignorance is bliss" was showing its weakness! It was expensive research as my truck plate costs me $650/yr now because my total weight is over 10K kg. (Yes, I'm legal with a class G license as my trailer is under 4600kg.) I was already doing most of the annual inspection work every spring anyway so the added cost for the stickers wasn't much for me.

I was told by one MTO person that RGW must now include both the truck & trailer whether it's an RV trailer or not. I don't know if that's correct or if affects you anyway but I'll toss it out there. I personally would want to see that in print before I paid to register the weight of an RV trailer with my truck.

...Fred

Did you "see them in court"?

MTO Ontario

Most MTO regular officers are not versed re non-comercial drivers. Take them to court.

I have a RGW(paid) of 4000kgs, regardless of what the trucks GVWR placard says and can have a combined GCVWR not RGW(paid) of 11000kgs(23000lbs) without getting the restricted A - if you're over that all bets off. This was brought about by the RV Ass of Ontario, can't sell all these big big rigs to guys driving 150/1500 series trucks and keep them legal or the big buses which regularly well exceed 11000kgs driven by old guys with G lic.

See me in court. EVERY "half ton truck" in ON pulling a decent size RV would be in violation, heck most small "utes" towing single axle RV's set up by Uncle Andy out at CanAm in London ARE in violation.

We are RV'ers, NOT commercial drivers, this is my daily driver.

Class G - MTO definition

Class G — any motor vehicle not exceeding 11,000 kilograms
gross weight or registered gross weight and any combination of
a motor vehicle not exceeding a total gross weight or registered
gross weight of 11,000 kilograms and towed vehicles where the
towed vehicles do not exceed a total gross weight of 4,600
kilograms